The story was different, I mean the presentation of the events of people’s lives was. But I didn’t find it any spectacular.
It is a story of the past lovers’ of a woman and their interaction with each other and her husband after her death. The future of the main characters can be predicted once in the middle of the book, but no strong justification is provided as to why such an end is chosen.
I read a review of this book (not on MS), which said that the author’s style was very funny and the book was gripping. I dont think either is the case. Though the author’s style of writing was very good at places, all over the book it wasn’t that scintillating.
All in all, I expected more from a Booker prize winner. May be I started with a lot of expectations and the book didn’t live upto that.